JP2002272445A - Method and apparatus for treating shochu refuse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method capable of drying shochu refuse from a shochu refuse waste fluid without needing a wide treating area and preventing the malodor due to the putrefaction of the shochu refuse by drying it efficiently in a short time. SOLUTION: The method and apparatus for treating shochu refuse comprises the following: rice bran, bran of another grain, or crushed matter of stems or leaves of a grain is added to a shochu refuse waste fluid, and the mixture is stirred to make it a paste; the resulting paste is dispersed into particles by a rotary disperser 5 and the dispersed shochu refuse is shed from above the tank 1; the tank 1 has a funnel-shaped bottom 2, a number of fin plates 3, 3,... are placed above the funnel-shaped bottom 2 from the half height of the tank to lower side gradually in a state that air can be passed between the fine plates; and air or hot air is ejected from a number of nozzles 4, 4,... placed on the funnel-shaped bottom 2 so that the shochu refuse which are shed and accumulated inside the tank is dried. The dried shochu refuse is allowed to drop by the rotation of a rotary drum 6 mounted on the exit part at the lower end of the funnel-shaped bottom 2, and it is sent outside the tank by a screw conveyor 11 via a receiver 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for treating shochu lees, in which shochu lees from a shochu lees waste liquid are dried efficiently in a short time and used as feed for livestock and fertilizer for agricultural crops. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the process of producing shochu using sweet potato as a main raw material, a large amount of shochu lees waste liquid is produced, and the shochu lees waste liquid is conventionally dumped into the ocean or used in fields such as fields. It has been common practice to dump and mix it with soil. Also, there is a method of purifying shochu lees waste liquid by filtering etc. and discharging it to rivers, a method of mixing shochu lees waste liquid and chicken manure and fermenting it, reducing it to soil as compost, a method of incinerating shochu lees waste liquid, etc. Proposed.

[0003] However, the method of dumping the shochu lees waste liquid into the ocean is strictly prohibited because it causes marine pollution, and the shochu lees waste liquid is dumped into fields and mixed with soil. The method is that it requires a large amount of labor and cost, and the method of filtering shochu lees waste liquid and discharging it into rivers is that clogging with the sweet potato plant fiber makes it difficult to filter and even if it is filtered Shochu lees remain and need to be treated.Shochu lees waste liquid is mixed with chicken manure and fermented, and the method of composting is offensive odor and it takes time to compost,
The method of incinerating shochu lees waste liquid has problems, such as a large-scale apparatus, a large running cost required for incineration, and a high processing cost.

In view of the above problems, the present inventor has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-262382 that rice bran, other cereal bran, and crushed stalks and leaves of cereal are mixed into shochu lees waste liquid to remove water. Disperse the shochu lees in a paste form by roughly dispersing it into granules using a dispersing machine, spread it on a gentle slope, spread it, and stir it upside down while stirring it upside down, A method and an apparatus for treating shochu lees dried by hot air are provided.

In the method and apparatus for treating shochu lees described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-262382, the shochu lees dispersed in a granular form by a disperser is spread on a gentle inclined table and spread.
It is extremely effective in reducing running costs by using the natural energy of the sun to move the inclined surface downward while stirring it upside down and drying it by the sun or hot air, A large area required for drying is required, and it is difficult to perform in a place where the installation area is small, and it is an object of the present invention to efficiently dry and treat shochu lees dispersed in granules with a small area. is there.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present inventor has made it possible to reduce the area required for drying shochu lees dispersed in a granular form by the following means and to efficiently process the shochu lees in a short time. The development of a method and an apparatus for processing the obtained shochu lees has been achieved. That is, (1) shochu lees waste liquid, rice bran, other cereal bran, and crushed stalks and leaves of cereal are mixed and stirred to form a paste,
The shochu lees dispersed in a granular form is dropped from above the tank, and the bottom of the tank is formed in a funnel shape, and a large number of fin plates are disposed above the funnel-shaped bottom in a diagonally lower direction from the center of the tank. A method for treating shochu lees, wherein air is blown out from the funnel-shaped bottom into the tank, and air is ventilated between the fin plate and the fin plate to dry the shochu lees deposited in the tank. It is. (2) Hot air is blown into the tank from the funnel-shaped bottom, and hot air is ventilated between a large number of fin plates disposed diagonally downward from the center of the tank to remove shochu lees that accumulate in the tank. A method for treating shochu lees according to the above (1), which is dried.

(3) At the center of the upper end of the tank, a rotary disperser for dispersing shochu lees into granules by rotating a rotating shaft having a number of rods in a cylindrical case is installed, and the tank has a funnel at the bottom. And a large number of nozzles are arranged at the bottom of the funnel, and a large number of fin plates are arranged at an upper part of the tank diagonally downward from the center of the tank. It is an apparatus for processing shochu lees. (4) The lower end outlet of the funnel-shaped bottom is cut out in a circular shape, and a rotary drum with a part of the circumference cut out is fitted and fitted in accordance with the hole diameter of the circularly cut out outlet hole. The apparatus for treating shochu lees according to the above item (3), which is configured to be rotated. (5) A receiver is mounted below the lower end outlet of the funnel-shaped bottom, a bottom hole is formed in the bottom of the receiver, and rotating blades are provided in the bottom of the receiver to rotate. The apparatus for treating shochu lees according to the above (3) or (4), characterized in that:

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a tank 1 has a bottom 2 formed in a funnel shape, and A large number of fin plates 3, 3,... Are arranged at an upper part of the tank 1 obliquely downward from the center of the tank 1, and a large number of nozzles 4, 4,. The air is blown out into the tank and air can be ventilated between the fin plates 3, 3,.
A rotary dispersing machine 5 is installed at the center of the upper end of the tank 1, a rotary drum 6 is provided at a lower end outlet of the bottom of the tank 1, and a receiver 7 is provided at a lower part.
Is mounted, and the shaft 8 is rotated by the motor 8 from below the receiver 7 to rotate the rotary drum 6 and the rotary blade 10 provided at the inner bottom of the receiver 7 at low speed.

Then, the shochu lees dispersed in a granular form by the rotary dispersing machine 5 is dropped from above the tank 1, and the shochu lees deposited on the fin plates 3, 3,... , Nozzles 4, 4,... Are dried by blowing air. As the drying progresses, the shochu lees which moved the slope of the funnel-shaped bottom 2 to the lower end outlet portion is Gap 6a due to rotation
The container is dropped to the receiver 7 at a lower portion, and is carried out of the tank 1 by the screw conveyor 11 from the bottom hole 7a of the receiver 7 by the rotation of the rotary blade 10.

Although the size of the tank 1 is not limited, the diameter is 4.5 to 5.5 meters and the height is 7.5 to 5.5.
Approximately 8.5 meters in height, considering the convenience of transportation and internal assembly, etc., the height is divided into multiple parts and assembled, but it may be integrated, and the shape may be cylindrical or square cylindrical But it's fine. In the present embodiment, the inside is a square funnel-shaped bottom 2 as shown in FIG.
A number of nozzles 4, 4, 4, 4,... Are arranged on the bottom toward the inside of the tank, and fin plates 3, 3,.
.. Are provided on the support frames 3A, 3A at both ends in a stepwise manner obliquely downward from the center of the tank 1, and are disposed in four directions.

A large number of nozzles 4 disposed on the bottom 2;
As shown in FIG. 1, the manifolds 4, 4, 4,... Are manifolds 13, 13,.
And air is blown into the tank 1 so that air can be efficiently blown out between the accumulated granular shochu lees. Although it can be dried in time, in order to perform drying more effectively such as when rainy days continue, hot air is blown by a hot air blower to the nozzles 4, 4, 4, and
4, it is better to make it squirt more. Tank 1
The upper part of the tank is open, and the air ventilated between the shochu lees is discharged above the tank. Above the tank 1 is provided a roof (not shown) for absorbing raindrops.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary drum 6 attached to the lower end outlet of the funnel-shaped bottom 2 cuts the lower end outlet of the bottom 2 into a circular shape, and the hole diameter of the circularly cut outlet hole 2a. The rotation of the rotary drum 6 causes the entire funnel-shaped bottom to pass through a gap 6a formed by notching a part of the circumference of the rotary drum 6 and cutting out the circular hole. The dried shochu lees moving from the periphery to the lower end exit portion are allowed to fall downward without offset.

The receiver 7 mounted below the lower end outlet of the funnel-shaped bottom 2 has a shaft 9 for rotating the rotary drum 6 from below, penetrating the center, and rotates coaxially with the shaft. Attach and fix the wing 10 to the receiver 7
By stirring the inner bottom, dried shochu lees fall from the bottom hole 7a formed in the bottom surface of the receiver 7 onto the screw conveyor 11, and are carried out of the tank 1. The bottom hole 7a of the receiver 7 is provided with a shutter 14
The screw conveyor 11 is closed when the inside is empty, to prevent the air ejected from the nozzle from flowing down into the tank, or by closing the screw conveyor 11 at the end of operation to rotate the screw conveyor 11. Make sure that no shochu lees remain on the conveyor.

The dried shochu lees conveyed out of the tank 1 from the screw conveyor 11 can be used as it is as feed for livestock or fertilizer for agricultural crops. By adding the shochu lees to dried shochu lees, the granulated shochu lees can be dried more effectively, which is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-262382.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the dried shochu lees are conveyed out of the tank 1 from the screw conveyor 11, as shown in FIG. The dried shochu lees to be dried is lifted up by a bucket conveyor 15 shown by a two-dotted line (virtual line) and is put into a hopper 16 provided above the tank 1, and the hopper 16 passes through a screw conveyor 17 through the screw conveyor 17. Into the hopper tank 18 and added to the paste-like shochu lees fed into the hopper tank 18 from the pipe 19, and the motor 20
Is rotated to flow into the rotary dispersing machine 5 through a hole 18a drilled at the lower end of the hopper tank 18 and dispersed therein. The rotation disperser 5 has a rotating shaft 5A.
A number of rods 5B are set up and inserted into the cylindrical case 5C, and the rotating shaft 5A is rotated by the motor 22 to disperse the paste-like shochu lees into granules, which is disclosed in JP-A-11-262382. did.

Further, the dried shochu lees are added to the shochu lees in the form of paste before being recycled and dispersed in the form of granules. In accordance with the amount of shochu lees, the switching valve 16A provided in the hopper 16 switches in the direction of arrow A when recycling and adding, and switches in the direction of arrow B when collecting as a product without recycling. Yes, the amount of shochu lees dispersed and accumulated in a granular form in the tank 1 is visually observed from above the open tank 1, but a viewing window 1 a is provided on the side of the tank 1 to allow viewing from the side. The valve 16A may be automatically switched by visually observing or detecting the amount of shochu lees deposited and accumulated by being dispersed in a granular form.

As shown in FIG. 4, the paste-like shochu lees fed into the hopper tank 18 from the pipe 19 is connected to a charging tank 23 and a stirring tank 24 via a connecting pipe 25. Tank 2 connected by a connection pipe 25 provided with a float switch 26 for detecting
A cutter pump 27 is installed at the pipe opening in 4, and while the shochu lees waste liquid put into the charging tank 23 is sucked into the stirring tank 24 by the cutter pump, the sweet potato fiber contained in the shochu lees is cut off. The rice bran to be introduced, other cereal bran, and the crushed stalks and leaves of the cereal are sucked into the stirring tank 24 from the introduction tank 23 and spouted and stirred.
MONO PUMP (Rotary displacement type single shaft eccentric screw pump) 28
The hopper tank 18 is fed upward from the pipe 19 and put into the hopper tank 18 shown in FIG.

The shochu lees waste liquid is sucked into the stirring tank 24 by the cutter pump 27, the sweet potato fibers contained in the shochu lees are cut, and the rice bran, other cereal bran, and the cereal stems and leaves that are fed at the same time are removed. The shochu waste liquid can be made into a paste by sucking, jetting, stirring and mixing the pulverized material.
No. 382, the invention can be carried out without roughly removing the water content of the shochu lees waste liquid.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, shochu lees waste liquid is mixed with rice bran, other cereal bran, and crushed cereal stems and leaves to form a paste, which is then subjected to granulation by a rotary disperser. The shochu lees dispersed in the tank are allowed to fall from above the tank, the bottom of the tank is formed in a funnel shape, and a large number of fin plates are arranged stepwise diagonally below the center of the tank above the funnel-shaped bottom. By blowing air or hot air into the tank from the bottom of the shape to dry the shochu lees that fall in the tank, the area required for drying is small, and installation in a place with a small installation area is possible. In addition, since the shochu lees are dried efficiently in a short time in the tank, it is possible to prevent the generation of offensive odor due to the progress of decay of shochu lees.

In addition, by blowing air into the tank and drying it, drying can be performed without consuming thermal energy. Therefore, running costs can be reduced and the cost of processing shochu lees can be reduced. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a shochu lees processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the inside of the tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a lower end outlet portion in the tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a pre-process for processing according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tank 1a Viewing window 2 Bottom 2a Exit hole 3 Fin plate 3A Support frame 4 Nozzle 5 Rotary dispersing machine 5A Rotating shaft 5B Rod 5C Cylindrical case 6 Rotating drum 6a Gap 7 Receptor 7a Bottom hole 8, 20, 22 Motor 9 Shaft 10 Rotating blade 11, 17 Screw conveyor 12 Blower 13 Branch pipe 14 Shutter 15 Bucket elevator 16 Hopper 16A Switching valve 18 Hopper tank 19 Pipe 21 Stirring blade 23 Input tank 24 Stirring tank 25 Connection pipe 26 Float switch 27 Cutter pump 28 Mono pump

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A shochu lees waste liquid is mixed with rice bran, other cereal bran, and crushed cereal stalks and leaves to form a paste, and the shochu lees dispersed in a granular form are dropped from above the tank. The bottom is formed in a funnel shape, and above the funnel-shaped bottom, a large number of fin plates are disposed stepwise diagonally below the center of the tank, and air is blown into the tank from the funnel-shaped bottom. A method for treating shochu lees, wherein air is ventilated between the fin plates to dry the shochu lees falling in the tank. 2. A hot air is blown out from a funnel-shaped bottom into the tank, and a hot air is ventilated between a plurality of fin plates which are disposed gradually and obliquely downward from the center of the tank.
The method for treating shochu lees according to claim 1, wherein the shochu lees falling in the tank is dried. 3. A rotary disperser for dispersing shochu lees in a granular form by rotating a rotating shaft having a number of rods in a cylindrical case at the center of the upper end of the tank, wherein the tank has a funnel-shaped bottom. And a number of nozzles are disposed at the bottom of the funnel, and a number of fin plates are disposed at an upper portion of the funnel and obliquely downward from the center of the tank. Shochu lees processing equipment. 4. A lower end outlet of the funnel-shaped bottom is cut out in a circular shape, and a rotary drum having a part of the circumference cut out is fitted and fitted in accordance with the hole diameter of the circularly cut out outlet hole. The apparatus for treating shochu lees according to claim 3, wherein the apparatus is configured to rotate a drum. 5. A structure in which a receiver is mounted below a lower end outlet of a funnel-shaped bottom portion, a bottom hole is formed in a bottom surface of the receiver, and rotating blades are provided in a bottom portion in the receiver to rotate. The apparatus for treating shochu lees according to claim 3 or claim 4, characterized in that: